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Virginia churches occupying facilities, leaving old ones

RICHMOND, Va. — Several congregations in Virginia are occupying new facilties or leaving old ones. • Acts 2 Church, Virginia Beach, Va., is now sharing the facilities of Renaissance Community Church, 5045 Indian River Rd. in Virginia Beach. The church…

Virginian receives chaplains’ Legion of Honor

HAMPTON, Va. — Jeni Cook, associate director at the National Veterans Administration Chaplain Center in Hampton, Va., recently received the Legion of Honor of the Four Chaplains Bronze Medallion Award for her service as a chaplain. Cook, who is endorsed…

Churches in Alexandria, Virginia Beach share roses, candy with neighbors on Valentineâ€™s Day

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — While Easter, Mother's Day and Christmas boost holiday florist sales, the floral industry reports its greatest demand for flower production and delivery is Feb. 14. The annual celebration of Valentine's Day is above all, the single busiest…

SIDEBAR: Battle of ironclads seen as a draw by military historians

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The USS Merrimack, commissioned in 1856, was burned to the waterline when the Union forces abandoned the Norfolk (Va.) Naval Yards in April 1861. The Confederacy raised the ship a few weeks later and rebuilt her…

As bitter war raged around it, the Religious Herald kept readers up-to-date on course of conflict

Editor’s Note: Recognizing the unique opportunity we have to examine reports on Civil War events in our own publication, from time to time we are commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War by reprinting articles that appeared in the…

HERITAGE: A revolutionary movement

The old photo album is crumbling and the old gummed corners holding the black and white snapshots have dried and are dropping. But the faces are still clear and rather haunting. These are the faces of hopeful children, youth and…

EDITORIAL: Politics as usual?

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season…

LEADERSHIP LINK: Larry Leaderâ€™s favorite sin

Larry’s driving his truck to his company’s work site for the day, mentally reviewing his to-do list. Then, from the radio tuned to Country K93, Kenny Chesney’s voice preaches the gospel to Larry: “It’s always your favorite sins that do…

OUT LOUD

“I often find myself thinking, I wish a good number of my congregation were as devoted to daily spiritual growth as this man is.” Joel Hunter The Florida pastor Joel Hunter, who serves as a spiritual adviser to President Obama,…

LEADERSHIP LINK: Are you sure you want to grow?

If deacons were surveyed, they would almost universally say they want people to join their churches. After all, reaching new people is one of our basic tenants as Baptists. We give much effort and even more lipservice to reaching new…

VITAL SIGNS: Prime time

One thing that is predictable about pastor search committees is that they all want something similar: a great preacher, an amazing administrator who loves visiting, someone who is effective with young families and senior adults, a 38 year old with…

WINN RECOMENDS

Visible Words, Robert W. Jenson (Fortress) Originally written over 30 years ago, Jenson’s interpretation of Christian sacraments has become a classic. In this new edition, Jenson reiterates his belief that the sacraments are physical (and bodily) encounters, where the Word…

Trump-appointed judge sees no problem with Religious Liberty Commission

There is no such thing as ‘the Baptist position’

Philadelphia pushes back against whitewashing history

What are we to do with church voter guides?